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Neskantaga First Nation has the longest boil-water advisory in the country at 29 years and growing.
Many in the community have never lived at a time when the water coming out of the taps was declared suitable to drink.
Water is, by far, their biggest worry and dominates every aspect of their lives.
Neskantaga 's water treatment plant became operational in 1993 , but its sand filtration system was never able to produce water clean enough to drink.
On Feb. 1, 1995 , the community declared a boil-water advisory, which remains in effect today .
In 2015 , newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to end boil water advisories in First Nations by 2021 .
Neskantaga sits on the shores of Attawapiskat Lake and River in the James Bay lowlands.
The vast untouched area around the First Nation is flush with lakes and rivers.
In some homes the water smells of chlorine, in others it comes out brown and others have little pressure.
The federal government recently introduced legislation called the First Nations Clean Water Act .
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